Canadian Citizenship Practice Test 7

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1. A Canadian citizen living in Halifax accepts a job in Calgary and plans to move there. Which Charter right protects this move?

  1. Official Language Rights
  2. Aboriginal Peoples' Rights
  3. Minority Language Educational Rights
  4. Mobility Rights

Answer: D — Mobility Rights

Mobility Rights let Canadians live and work anywhere in Canada, enter and leave freely, and apply for a passport.

2. From the 1800s until the 1980s, why did the federal government place many Aboriginal children in residential schools?

  1. To train them for military service
  2. To preserve their languages and cultural practices
  3. To protect them from epidemic disease
  4. To educate and assimilate them

Answer: D — To educate and assimilate them

The schools were meant to educate and assimilate Aboriginal children, and Aboriginal languages and cultural practices were mostly prohibited.

3. Which two statements about the Acadians are accurate? (Choose two.)

  1. They arrived in Nova Scotia as United Empire Loyalists
  2. They settled mainly in the Prairie provinces in the 1800s
  3. They are descendants of French colonists who began settling the Maritimes in 1604
  4. More than two-thirds of them were deported from their homeland between 1755 and 1763
  5. They were recognized as a nation within Canada by the House of Commons in 2006

Answer: C,D — They are descendants of French colonists who began settling the Maritimes in 1604 / More than two-thirds of them were deported from their homeland between 1755 and 1763

The Acadians descend from French colonists who began settling the Maritimes in 1604, and more than two-thirds were deported in the 'Great Upheaval' of 1755-1763.

4. A historian describes a law passed in 1791 that divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada and gave the colonies their first legislative assemblies elected by the people. Which law is this?

  1. The Constitutional Act
  2. The Royal Proclamation
  3. The British North America Act
  4. The Quebec Act

Answer: A — The Constitutional Act

The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada and granted the first elected legislative assemblies.

5. Which two people are remembered for their part in Canada's defence during the War of 1812? (Choose two.)

  1. Charles de Salaberry
  2. Laura Secord
  3. Louis Riel
  4. The Marquis de Montcalm
  5. John McCrae

Answer: A,B — Charles de Salaberry / Laura Secord

Laura Secord walked 30 km to warn of a planned American attack, and de Salaberry's small force turned back 4,000 American invaders at Chateauguay.

6. Chinese labourers helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Which discriminatory policy aimed at Chinese immigrants later led the Government of Canada to apologize in 2006?

  1. Internment as 'enemy aliens'
  2. Forcible relocation and sale of property
  3. The Head Tax
  4. Compulsory residential schooling

Answer: C — The Head Tax

The Head Tax was a race-based entry fee imposed on the Chinese, and the government apologized for it in 2006.

7. Which Canadian medical officer composed the poem 'In Flanders Fields' in 1915, often recited on Remembrance Day?

  1. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
  2. Dr. Wilder Penfield
  3. General Sir Arthur Currie
  4. Sir Frederick Banting

Answer: A — Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae

John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, wrote 'In Flanders Fields', which speaks of poppies between the crosses marking the graves of the dead.

8. Canada contributed more to the Allied air effort in the Second World War than any other Commonwealth country, training over 130,000 Allied air crew. Under which program?

  1. The Canadian Expeditionary Force
  2. The Canadian Corps Flying School
  3. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
  4. The Battle of Britain Fund

Answer: C — The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

Canada trained over 130,000 Allied air crew under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

9. In 1970 Canada helped found La Francophonie. What kind of organization is it?

  1. A military alliance of French-speaking countries
  2. A federal agency that provides services in French
  3. A trade agreement among North American countries
  4. An international association of French-speaking countries

Answer: D — An international association of French-speaking countries

La Francophonie is an international association of French-speaking countries that Canada helped found in 1970.

10. Which Canadian artist pioneered modern Inuit art with etchings, prints and soapstone sculptures?

  1. Jean-Paul Riopelle
  2. Emily Carr
  3. Kenojuak Ashevak
  4. Louis-Philippe Hebert

Answer: C — Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak pioneered modern Inuit art with etchings, prints and soapstone sculptures.

11. A student researching Canadian inventors wants the person who sent the world's first wireless voice message. Who is it?

  1. Dr. John A. Hopps
  2. Sir Sandford Fleming
  3. Alexander Graham Bell
  4. Reginald Fessenden

Answer: D — Reginald Fessenden

Reginald Fessenden contributed to radio by sending the world's first wireless voice message.

12. Which two areas are shared jurisdictions between the federal and provincial governments? (Choose two.)

  1. Immigration
  2. Education
  3. Currency
  4. Agriculture
  5. Defence

Answer: A,D — Immigration / Agriculture

Agriculture and immigration are shared jurisdictions, while defence and currency are federal and education is provincial.

13. Which two make up a provincial legislature? (Choose two.)

  1. The Lieutenant Governor
  2. The Senate
  3. The elected Assembly
  4. The Commissioner
  5. The Governor General

Answer: A,C — The Lieutenant Governor / The elected Assembly

Provincial legislatures comprise the Lieutenant Governor and the elected Assembly.

14. A 19-year-old citizen arrives at the polling station on election day without a voter information card and is not on the voters' list. What is true of their situation?

  1. They may vote only by special ballot
  2. They can still be added to the voters' list, including on election day
  3. They must have registered before the election was called
  4. They cannot vote until the next election

Answer: B — They can still be added to the voters' list, including on election day

Even people who are not listed or have no card can be added to the voters' list at any time, including on election day.

15. Which two services are normally handled by municipal governments? (Choose two.)

  1. Citizenship
  2. Currency
  3. Snow removal
  4. Criminal law
  5. Public transit

Answer: C,E — Snow removal / Public transit

Municipalities normally handle services such as streets, snow removal, garbage removal and public transit, while criminal law, currency and citizenship are federal.

16. The red-white-red pattern of the Canadian flag comes from the flag of which institution?

  1. The Royal Military College, Kingston
  2. The Hudson's Bay Company
  3. The Canadian Red Ensign
  4. The North West Mounted Police

Answer: A — The Royal Military College, Kingston

The red-white-red pattern comes from the flag of the Royal Military College in Kingston, founded in 1876.

17. In 1967, the centennial of Confederation, Canada started its own honours system after many years of using British honours. What was the first honour of this system?

  1. The Clarkson Cup
  2. The Victoria Cross
  3. The Order of Canada
  4. The Stanley Cup

Answer: C — The Order of Canada

Canada began its own honours system with the Order of Canada in 1967, and citizens may nominate people they think worthy.

18. A tourist wants to see the world's highest tides in the Bay of Fundy. Which province should they visit?

  1. Prince Edward Island
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador
  3. Quebec
  4. Nova Scotia

Answer: D — Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is known for the world's highest tides in the Bay of Fundy.

19. Which province has 40% of Canada's arable land and the world's richest deposits of uranium and potash?

  1. British Columbia
  2. Alberta
  3. Saskatchewan
  4. Manitoba

Answer: C — Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan has 40% of Canada's arable land and the world's richest deposits of uranium and potash.

20. Which two facts are true of the Yukon? (Choose two.)

  1. It holds Canada's coldest recorded temperature
  2. Its capital is Iqaluit
  3. It has Canada's highest mountain, Mount Logan
  4. Its capital is Yellowknife
  5. It is crossed by the Mackenzie River

Answer: A,C — It holds Canada's coldest recorded temperature / It has Canada's highest mountain, Mount Logan

The Yukon holds Canada's coldest recorded temperature (-63C) and Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain.

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